Improved iron railway-sleeper



" UNITED STATES PATENT @ETICEG FRANZ VESTER, NEWARK, OF NEV JERSEY.

IMPROVED IRON RAILWAY-SLEEPER.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, FRANZ VESTER, of Newark, in the county of Essex, inthe State of New Jersey, have invented a new and 11nproved IronRailway-Tie and I do hereby declare that the following is a full andexact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying),`drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

Figure I represents a top view; Fig-.11, a side view, and Fig. III across-section, on an enlarged scale, of my improved tie. Fig. IV shows aplan of three ties with the rails attached.

Similar letters represent similar parts.

This improved tie, A, is made in its crosssect-iou of three planestraight surfaces, a, u, and b, with hollows or corrugated parts, d d,between. The central part, b, is made so much lower than the two outsideparts, c a, as the thickness of the rail-chair, so that when the railsare fastened in the chairs, which are attached to this central part, b,said rails shall have a bearing' on the outer surfaces, a a.

The ends J of the ties A are either bent downward (see Fig. II) orsmallcastings may be made and screwed to said ends,t'orming an angle orknee, projecting downward. The object of these turned-down ends is tohold the ties when laid into the sand or earth ofthe road from movingsidewise, particularly in those parts where the rails form a curve.

I propose to make these ties otwroughtiron, and, from their shape andcross-section, they can be easily rolled ofthe desired contiguration andthickness and the required length, having either their ends bentdownward or the knee-castings fastened on, as may be desired.

The central part, b, to which the rail-chairs are attached, is made ofsuch a Width as to c0rrespond with the width ofthe lower partof thechair. The chairs may either be bolted onto the ties or be lattached tothe same by screwbolts.

The end pieces, J, need not be attached to every tie, and it is onlynecessary to have every third or fourth tie provided with these bent endpieces, while the intermediate ones may be straight, except on veryshort turns, where every tie should be made with end pieces at least onthe outside ofthe road.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The herein-described iron railroad-tie constructed in the mannersubstantially as set forth, as a new article of manufacture.

FRANZ VESTER.

Witnesses:

HENRY E. ROEDER, DAVID Mesi-1ER.

